| 1 | .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California. |
| 2 | .\" All rights reserved. The Berkeley software License Agreement |
| 3 | .\" specifies the terms and conditions for redistribution. |
| 4 | .\" |
| 5 | .\" @(#)fish.6 6.1 (Berkeley) %G% |
| 6 | .\" |
| 7 | .TH FISH 6 "" |
| 8 | .UC 4 |
| 9 | .SH NAME |
| 10 | fish \- play ``Go Fish'' |
| 11 | .SH SYNOPSIS |
| 12 | .B /usr/games/fish |
| 13 | .SH DESCRIPTION |
| 14 | .I Fish |
| 15 | plays the game of \*(lqGo Fish\*(rq, |
| 16 | a childrens' card game. The Object is to |
| 17 | accumulate `books' of 4 cards with the same face value. The |
| 18 | players alternate turns; each turn begins with one player |
| 19 | selecting a card from his hand, and asking the other player for |
| 20 | all cards of that face value. If the other player has one or |
| 21 | more cards of that face value in his hand, he gives them to the |
| 22 | first player, and the first player makes another request. |
| 23 | Eventually, the first player asks for a card which is not in |
| 24 | the second player's hand: he replies `GO FISH!' The first |
| 25 | player then draws a card from the `pool' of undealt cards. If |
| 26 | this is the card he had last requested, he draws again. When a |
| 27 | book is made, either through drawing or requesting, the cards |
| 28 | are laid down and no further action takes place with that face |
| 29 | value. |
| 30 | .PP |
| 31 | To play the computer, simply make guesses by typing a, |
| 32 | 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, j, q, or k when asked. Hitting |
| 33 | return gives you information about the size of my hand and the |
| 34 | pool, and tells you about my books. Saying `p' as a first |
| 35 | guess puts you into `pro' level; The default is pretty dumb. |